CC, I never split 8s because I'd rather have one bad hand than two. -g- And I never split aces because, despite what the probabilities say, I have lost infinitely more hands that way than I have won. Sometimes you have to throw out the math and say, this doesn't work for me. I am not on this bell curve. -g-
I know the feeling about the newbie. In horse racing, I call them weeds. For me, it is usually women. They will win big because a horse is pretty or has a braided mane while I am extrapolating speed figures and calculating the possibility of a bounce. -g- I just figure it is beginner's luck and I'd rather drive home a winner than a loser.
Free markets are always blood baths. That's why they aren't free in most places. I think China takes HK down with them. And I don't know if they really feel that bad about it, as most believe. I think they still hate the Hong Kong folks for prospering while they were stuck in poverty and repression. And, in the long run, I believe the strategy is to demean HK in favor of Shanghai.
The fact is, without exports, they have nothing. And they have to devalue to ship more to us and the Japanese.
I thought Sang went up because I recommended it. -g-
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